Tintin
Today in history: 22 May 1907
Born on this day, Georges Remi, known by the pen name Hergé, (his initials backwards) was a Belgian comics writer and artist. His best known and most substantial work is the 23 completed comic books in The Adventures of Tintin series, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983.
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (in the original French, Les Aventures de Tintin, reporter du "Petit Vingtième", au pays des Soviets) is the first title in the comic book series. Originally serialised in the Belgian children's newspaper supplement Le Petit Vingtième between 10 January 1929 and 8 May 1930, it was subsequently published in book form in 1930. Designed to be a work of anti-Communist propaganda for children, it was commissioned by Hergé's boss, the Abbé Norbert Wallez, who ran the right wing Catholic weekly Le XXe Siècle in which Le Petit Vingtième was published.
The plot revolves around the young Belgian reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy, who travel, via Berlin, to the Soviet Union, to report back on the policies instituted by the state socialist government of Joseph Stalin and the Bolsheviks. However, an agent of the Soviet secret service, the OGPU, attempts to prevent Tintin from doing so, and sets traps to get rid of him. Despite this, the young reporter is successful in discovering that the Bolsheviks are stealing the food of the Soviet people, rigging elections and murdering opponents.
Hergé has become one of the most famous Belgians worldwide and Tintin is still an international success.
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Originally Posted by Sam Lord
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